Gunny Bunny Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Currently, we have to place the CM CD diskette in the player each time we load and play a turn. Other programs use to do this as well until they gave in to complaints by customers. Many of these games began using techniques such as refueling every thirty ( 30 ) days. In other words, you would only have to put your CD in the player every thirty days and hit the refuel button. I think BTS should consider this option. Regards, GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Will it take my Mobil card? ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Erm, I don't have a single game which doesn't require the CD to be in the drive. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hofbauer Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 GB, apparently you never heard about a program called Virtual CD-ROM aka FakeCD ??? ------------------ "Im off to NZ police collage" (GAZ_NZ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoot Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 I also own no such 'cd-refuelling' software. This sounds like it would invite a group of friends buy one copy and 'time-share' it like a cheap-ass central American condo. Clubfoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Gunny, BTS is a small company and must take measures to avoid piracy. Microsoft can handle it, but not BTS. They've got better things to spend their time programming than a complex CD "refuelling" system. Since you have so much money to buy top of the range graphics hardware, why don't you invest in a cheap CD drive, so the CM CD doesn't have to occupy your main drive all the time? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI Tom Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 GB, Care to list any such games? I have none myself and would be interested in knowing which games are accomodated by such a function. GI Tom ------------------ Think before you POST, TEST before you cry BUG and take a "Time-Out" break before you counter-flame the guy that just called you a Plutonian ButtMonkey---Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Unreal Tournament (with a recent official patch) doesn't require you to have your CD in the drive, and there are of course "unofficial" patches and hacks for many games to get around having to put your (legitimate) CD in the drive. ------------------ New to Combat Mission? Visit CM Boot Camp at Combat Missions for tips. [This message has been edited by Gremlin (edited 02-04-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richlop Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 No thanks GB, I'm perfectly happy the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Just image your CD to your hard drive. That way you can keep the CD in a safe place. It does take up 500 megs or so of disk space, though. ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 I can see no point to this refueling thing. I quite literally leave my CM CD in the reader for weeks on end as it is. I play a game almost every day too. Just another thing BTS doesn't need to waste time on IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Originally posted by 109 Gustav: Just image your CD to your hard drive. That way you can keep the CD in a safe place. It does take up 500 megs or so of disk space, though. Can this be done with CD writing software? [This message has been edited by Phoenix (edited 02-04-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Usually, yes. http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ ------------------ New to Combat Mission? Visit CM Boot Camp at Combat Missions for tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 On a Mac, there's an app called Disk Copy in the utilities folder. Open Disk Copy and drag the CD icon onto the window. It'll create a 310 meg (for CM) file named Combat Mission.img. Eject the CD and open that file. A disk icon will appear on your desktop. Now you can open CM without the actaul CD. ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska [This message has been edited by 109 Gustav (edited 02-04-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wwb_99 Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 Oh my God! Putting a CD into a drive. That is like sooo hard. BTS do somefink! WWB ------------------ Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say, Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 I sometimes put a disk copy into a ram disk on my workstation as a way of speeding access times, but other than that I have never encountered a game that uses refueling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendellM Posted February 4, 2001 Share Posted February 4, 2001 FWIW, I've only seen one game that does "refueling": Chessmaster 7000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 I wonder if Gunny is lurking around, reading this thread, wondering why we aren't sending flames to BTS about refueling. Hey Gunny, if you're out there-thanks for giving me a chance to explain disk imaging. I'll be sure to write a few nasty emails to BTS about this, just as soon as I get some real food for dinner. (ETA June) ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Hmm. Gusty, I couldn't find Disk Copy in my Utilities folder or anywhere on my hard drive. OS 8.6. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Ok, then it should be in the Utilities folder on your system installer CD. If not, download it here http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/288 Imaging a CD takes quite a while, especially if you compress it. Plan to have dinner or something while it's copying. ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 I just poured gasoline on my CM CD-ROM, and now it doesn't run in my computer. You owe me a new disk Gunny Bunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Thanks, Gusty. My hard drive came with the OS already installed, so I don't have a CD, but I'll give the URL a shot. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Bunny Posted February 5, 2001 Author Share Posted February 5, 2001 Originally posted by WendellM: FWIW, I've only seen one game that does "refueling": Chessmaster 7000. I am glad to see the Party Soldiers play chess. In addition, the best chess software in the world "Fritz 6" using refueling. This was due to the many complaints, both to the makers of Fritz and Chessmaster. Regards, GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 LOL! Just like Gunny Bunny to show back up without acknowledging the other posts against what he suggests. What a lame-ass! ------------------ "Upon my signal, unleash Hell."--General Maximus, Gladiator "Aim small, miss small."--Mel Gibson, The Patriot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted February 5, 2001 Share Posted February 5, 2001 Hey, be nice, at least he showed up this time. So Gunny, other than two chess games, do you have any other examples of games that use your gas refueling? And can you give us any reason why BTS should delay CM2 by as much as a day to implement this useless idea? ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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